{"nhtsa_id":10186402,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-02-04","date":"2021-01-13","document_id":"SSM 49438","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2020-2021 Explorer/Aviator vehicles equipped with 3rd row power seats may exhibit inoperative 3rd row power seat folding with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) B1231:54 and/or B1232:54 stored in the power fold seat module (SCMJ). This may be due to the software in the SCMJ. To correct the condition, connect a battery charger and reprogram the SCMJ using the latest software level of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. Then open the liftgate, and perform the SCMJ - Power Fold Seat Module (SCMJ) Learn Seat Procedure. For claiming, use causal part 14F042 and applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS) Manual.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10186402-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10186402-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10186402","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":["B1231","B1232"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2020,"year_to":2021,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_explorer","2021_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"AVIATOR","year_from":2020,"year_to":2021,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_lincoln_aviator","2021_lincoln_aviator"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}